The Numbers

Here is an update on the last month or so in numbers:

• 1 toddler
• 2 babies
• 2 parents
• 2 cats
• 3 grandparents
• 2 outings with all three kids:
• Pizza at Dewey's last week
• The magic house this weekend
• 6 pounds 2 ounces - Evan's weight at birth
• 6 pounds 9 ounces - Alex's weight a birth
• 7 pounds 14 ounces - Evan's weight a week ago
• 8 pounds 2 ounces - Alex's weight a week ago
• 8 pounds 10 ounces - Evan's weight yesterday
• 8 pounds 15 ounces - Alex's weight yesterday
• 26 - the number of bottle we use on a normal day
• 48 - the number of episodes of Parenthood that Kristen has watched while breastfeeding the twins
• 3 - the number of times we run the dishwasher
• 3 - the number of loads of laundry per day
• 300 - the number of diapers that are coming from Amazon every month for Alex and Evan
• 442 - the number of diapers shipped from Amazon every month for all our boys
• 13 - the number of diapers we saved in one day by using cloth diapers
• 0 - the number of frantic trips to the store to get some baby item that we didn't know we needed, but that will magically help the kids sleep better (for Davis, this number was more like 5)
• 23 - the number of orders from Amazon for baby items since the twins were born
• 4 - the number of house cleaners Kristen interviewed before she found one she liked for a reasonable price
• 56 - the number of days until the Nanny starts
• 8 - the number of days until Grammie goes home :(
• 26 - the number of days after Grammie leaves until she comes back
• 57 - the number of days that we have had the best grandparents in the world staying with us
• 1 - the number of times I have exercised since the twins were born
• 5 - the number of times Kristen has exercised since the twins were born
• 2 - the average number of hours we get to sleep in a row at night
• 3 - the average number hours between feedings
• 2 - the average pots of coffee consumed per day in our house
• 8 - the number of kisses I got from Davis' at bedtime last night

Soccer Player

While Grandma and Grandpa were here, one of Davis' fun playtime activities was to play soccer in the basement with them.  Their practice seems to have paid off.  Here are two videos of Davis playing soccer in the street.

Pictures

Here are some new pictures of our boys from the last week or two.  Blogging has taken a back seat to the daily chaos of having two newborns and a toddler in the house.  We are doing well, but are very busy.

Alex

Grandparents and our boys

Davis and Alex

Davis and Alex

Davis and Alex

Davis and Evan

Davis and Evan

Me and my Boys (Davis, Evan, Alex)

New Videos

Evan shows how strong he is by lifting his head (3 weeks old):

Davis and Grandpa shoveling snow.  

Davis playing trains while I hold Evan in the rocker:

New Pictures

Alex

Alex (left) and Evan (right)

Evan

Evan

Davis at the Magic House

This weekend, Kristen and I left Alex and Evan home with Grandma and Grandpa and we took Davis to the Magic House for some special time with just us.  We had a great time doing art, science projects (weighing blocks and balancing scales), building with PVC pipe and exploring music and other experiences.

I took a few videos of him before my phone died:

In this one, one of the scarfs gets caught a the top of the contraption and I had to stop the video and take it down

My phone died in the middle of this one:

Video and Davis, Alex and Evan

I shot this shortly after we brought Alex and Evan home:

New Photos

Alex and Evan

Alex and Evan

Domino in his new chair

Lilly, Alex and Evan

Alex and Evan

Alex and Evan

Evan

New Pictures

Evan and Alex sleeping in their pack and play:

Evan (left) and Alex (right).  About to have a fight over the binkies in the middle (actually about to fall asleep)

I tried taking Alex down for his first photo shoot.  He did great, but the camera man needs more practice.